Visa points have left batter Usman Khawaja liable to being stranded in Sydney whereas his teammates assemble in India for this month’s Test tour.
Australia’s Test squad took staggered flights to the subcontinent on Tuesday and Wednesday forward of the primary Test that begins in Nagpur on February 9.
AAP understands Khawaja had not been as a consequence of fly out till Thursday.
Every member of the 18-man squad has been cleared to enter India bar Pakistan-born Khawaja, who additionally confronted visa challenges when he tried to enter the nation in 2011.
On that event, Khawaja took to social media to vent his frustration he had not been permitted to enter the nation as an Australian as a result of he was not born in Australia.
A Cricket Australia official instructed AAP the governing physique was conscious of the state of affairs and was hopeful Khawaja could be authorised for entry into India imminently.
This month’s tour is about to be Khawaja’s first time enjoying Test cricket in India, however he has been cleared to play within the nation in different codecs on quite a few events.
He toured with the Test workforce in 2013, represented Rising Pune Supergiant within the IPL in 2016, performed for Australia A on an Indian tour in 2018, and toured once more with the nationwide ODI workforce in 2019.
Khawaja’s Big Bash League aspect the Brisbane Heat are scheduled to play the Sydney Sixers in ‘The Challenger’ closing on the SCG on Thursday night time.
But a Heat official instructed AAP it was unlikely Khawaja would take part within the match if he was nonetheless in Sydney, with securing a visa to India remaining the participant’s prime precedence.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
